Day five: Going by bubble

Tuesday's clue was – 'Going by bubble' and the instructions from Carl was that I was to dress up. So, I did, well, I think Manolo completes any kind of dressy event. So, absolutely clueless as to what the evening held, and it was to be an early one.

We arrived at Daniel on Manhattan's East Upper Side. Still clueless. Sat down to Kir Royals – hmmm...were these the bubbles? And the waiters were on it - they knew I was to be surprised so kept it all to themselves and even joked about it.

Entrance to Daniel

We sipped on our bubbles, and I was told that I was to dine in style – Chef Daniel Boulud's creations. By the way, all the pictures here are from the website. I could not snap away in tourist fashion as I was simply too caught up with everything.

The bar - cocktails here are exquisite

And we dined...like royalty. The service was impeccable....and all the while, our waiter, Kevin, kept saying I needed to speed things up as my surprise waited for me and I should choose and enjoy.

The mini starter which was a sampler

This is not what I had but wanted you to get an idea of how intricate everything was.

Each course was accompanied by its wine and I cannot gush on enough. Before desert, we were whisked away, where I was to discover the real surprise of 'Going by bubble'.

We set off in a black car...check out my peacock (which Carl is now calling Horst - can take the boy out of Germany, but not Germany out of the boy!)

Funky advertising in the background

Carl had bought tickets to Wicked. If I was not already in love with him, I would fall in love all over again.

The one picture we managed to take...check out how Emerald City is all...emerald;)

The show was wicked and this rarely happens - I was dumbfounded - for the lack of a better word. I was speechless. I am still processing the musical - cannot find the words yet, so will get to it soon.

We set off back to Daniel for desert right after the show. Daniel prepares a very well thought out menu for pre-show dinners. You then go back for desert and cocktails. And that we did.

This is what I had - picture from their website, but my goodness...I am not a sweets person, but this was heaven.

We chilled out at the lounge longer and Kevin our waiter actually came out to check on us to see if we got back and had our desert and to have a bit of chat. Carl did good.  And all I can say, is thank you.